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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwiwomble" data-source="post: 883126" data-attributes="member: 45355"><p>just to clarify my thoughts, it would need to be either they played less than five games or they were going back to their country of birth, someone like piutau would be out, born in NZ and had a good run with the AB's.</p><p></p><p>The argument on here probably proves that its not worth dabbling in as it gets very complicated very quickly,</p><p></p><p>do we take it the other way and restrict all eligibility right back to country of birth or maybe only residency before the age of 10 just to capture those kids that move before becoming involved in a countries development systems. guys like fekitoa and naholo would still make a good living playing club rugby in NZ or overseas but to show off on the international side they would turn out for tonga and fiji respectively. </p><p></p><p>would that help those tier two nations without corrupting the system?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwiwomble, post: 883126, member: 45355"] just to clarify my thoughts, it would need to be either they played less than five games or they were going back to their country of birth, someone like piutau would be out, born in NZ and had a good run with the AB's. The argument on here probably proves that its not worth dabbling in as it gets very complicated very quickly, do we take it the other way and restrict all eligibility right back to country of birth or maybe only residency before the age of 10 just to capture those kids that move before becoming involved in a countries development systems. guys like fekitoa and naholo would still make a good living playing club rugby in NZ or overseas but to show off on the international side they would turn out for tonga and fiji respectively. would that help those tier two nations without corrupting the system? [/QUOTE]
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